12.25.08

Having been put off for six months, the inevitable is about to occur

Posted in Middle East at 8:20 pm by Administrator

Israel is about to invade Gaza.  Hamas, you see, called off the six-month ceasefire a day early and has been lobbing rockets into Israel ever since. 

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  1. MR. Dings said,

    December 26, 2008 at 12:41 am

    Maybe the Dow Jones will like it, but the Tao is Jonesin’

  2. MR. Dings said,

    December 26, 2008 at 4:21 pm

    Something makes me wonder how obvious it is that Hamas wants to start some shit and Israel might be playing right into their hands. Hoo boy, let ‘er roll, India is ready to spank Pakistan too.

  3. Bentnotesmanhisself said,

    December 26, 2008 at 5:18 pm

    Saw that. 2009 may start in an eventful way.

  4. MR. Dings said,

    December 26, 2008 at 5:52 pm

    Why wait, let’s get involved, jump start the economy! So much for peace on earth, good will to men must wait.

  5. MR. Dings said,

    December 26, 2008 at 9:12 pm

    “A war regarded as inevitable or even probable, and therefore much prepared for, has a very good chance of eventually being fought”

    Anais Nin quotes

  6. Bentnotesmanhisself said,

    December 26, 2008 at 10:54 pm

    File under “well, duh.”

    I know you were engaging in a bit of facetiousness with the “let’s-get-involved” post, but I’ll address anyway:

    We’re not being asked to get involved, plus, the incoming administration probably isn’t inclined ot do so.

    In the sense of the over-arching context of this world war, we will indeed get involved at some point. This is about jihadism and its hatred of all things Western.

  7. MR. Dings said,

    December 27, 2008 at 11:56 am

    She wrote great erotica, though, that has stiffly held its own over time.

  8. MR. Dings said,

    December 27, 2008 at 12:08 pm

    So, WWIII is here, hey, not even inevitable or probable. Balderdash! What are you, the King of Pain?

  9. Bentnotesmanhisself said,

    December 27, 2008 at 2:26 pm

    Guess there aren’t any juhadist cells anywhere in the world cooking up catastrophic attacks. Guess Iran isn’t working feverishly on a nuclear arsenal. Guess Pakistan’s ISI isn’t helping jihadist groups attack India. Guess North Korea is going to suddenly drop its nuke arsenal and its belligerent stance. Guess Venezuela isn’t cultivating an alliance with Iran, Russia, Cuba, Bolivia and Ecuador – and conducting joint navan exercises to prove it.
    Guess Hamas is going to pursue peaceful coexistence with Israel.
    Whew. Now I feel better.

  10. MR. Dings said,

    December 27, 2008 at 2:28 pm

    Gonna take one hell of a cluster bomb.

  11. MR. Dings said,

    December 27, 2008 at 6:57 pm

    Rent it, from somewhere, and watch the inevitable?

    The Sacrifice (1986), directed by Andre Tarkovsky (April 4, 1932 – December 29, 1986) a Soviet filmmaker, writer and opera director.

    According to a well-known film critic in his “Have You Seen…? (2009) @http://www.amazon.com/Have-You-Seen-Personal-Introduction/dp/0307264610/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1230404069&sr=8-1

    “It is worth stressing that as he died, Tarkovsky estimated that the only cinema that would last would be that of the poets. Of course, he was laying down the law, for his son and every would be poet.”

    Runtime: 4 hrs 6 mins

    Genre: Foreign Films
    Synopsis: Set in Sweden, Andrei Tarkovsky’s last film follows the travails of wealthy patriarch Alexander (Erland Josephson), a former actor and critic who lives in a remote home on the edge of the Baltic… Set in Sweden, Andrei Tarkovsky’s last film follows the travails of wealthy patriarch Alexander (Erland Josephson), a former actor and critic who lives in a remote home on the edge of the Baltic Sea. One year on his birthday, a sudden television announcement interrupts the celebration with news of a nuclear holocaust. His family and guests suffer through violent fits of hysteria and emotional turmoil in the ensuing days, but the previously troubled Alexander finds a clearness of mind when he makes a pact with God–offering himself as a sacrifice in order to redeem the fallen earth for his cherished son. Supremely poetic, THE SACRIFICE is filled with achingly beautiful images, expertly shot by Ingmar Bergman’s trusted cinematographer Sven Nykvist. As Alexander goes from self-contented ease to crippling animal fear and existential anguish and finally to spiritual abandon, the troubled journey is illustrated with a haunting succession of images, tableaus, objects, dreams, and gestures–all sewn together in a seamlessly elliptical vision. As in all of Tarkovsky’s haunting and mystical films, the characters are forced to come to terms with their own physical and spiritual existence, with redemption coming through faith–in this case, Alexander’s faith in his love for his young son. [Less]

    Starring: Erland Josephson, Susan Fleetwood, Valerie Mairesse

    Starring: Erland Josephson, Susan Fleetwood, Valerie Mairesse

    Director: Andrei Tarkovsky, Sven Nykvist

    Director: Andrei Tarkovsky, Sven Nykvist
    Composer: Watazumido Shuso

  12. Bentnotesmanhisself said,

    December 27, 2008 at 8:45 pm

    Is it a good flick? Have you seen it? And – just wondering – does it have anything to do with the Hamas – Israel conflict?

  13. MR. Dings said,

    December 27, 2008 at 10:55 pm

    Well, yes, if they drop the big one, we’ll see what happens. It has more to do with inevitability.

  14. MR. Dings said,

    December 28, 2008 at 12:17 am

    No I have not seen it , but would like to get ahold of it. It is 4 hours long, but I’m game. The review I read in that book I’m reading made it sound so arty, esp. the first half hour. Might be a long 3 and a half hours after that. I am doubting whether it is locally available, but will try to round up a copy. This director did the first “Solaris.” (recent remake starred George Clooney). The bloggie I knew didn’t go that much for cinema.

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